01452nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245010300055210006900158260004200227300001000269490000600279520079500285653001801080653001601098653002201114653002901136653002501165100001901190856003701209       2017                        eng d  a1927-032100aA Managerial Decision Tool for R&D Outsourcing and Partner Selection in High-Technology Industries0 aManagerial Decision Tool for RD Outsourcing and Partner Selectio  aOttawabTalent First Networkc03/2017  a25-320 v73 aDeciding which tasks and projects are best performed in-house and which should be outsourced to external suppliers are, alongside the supplier selection process, among the key challenges for R&D managers operating in high-technology firms. This study presents a decision tool for evaluating whether to pursue R&D tasks in-house or to outsource them. The tool also helps R&D managers to evaluate which of the supplier candidates would be best suited to undertake the task to be outsourced. The tool is based on four views of evaluation that have both managerial and theoretical roots: identity, dependence, efficiency, and competence. The tool has been developed in a qualitative multiple case study based on R&D supplier relationships and has been empirically tested in an R&D organization.10adecision tool10aoutsourcing10apartner selection10aresearch and development10asupplier involvement1 aKunttu, Iivari  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/1062